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i. & t. [Fr. correspondre; Sp. cor responder; Ital. cor risp on dere; Low Lat. cor respondeo, from Lat. cor = con =with, together, and respondeo to answer.] [RESPOND.] A. Intransitive : IMG:content-1015.png:[blocks in formation] (2) With the prep. with . IMG:content-1016.png:[ocr errors] the actual government of a foreign nation, Burke : On the French Revolution. IMG:content-1017.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1018.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Gen.: One who corresponds, or with whom an intercourse is kept up, by means of letters sent and received; one in regular correspondence with another. Mary of Modena wished to send to her corre -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xv. spondents in London some highly important despatches." 2. Spec.: One who is engaged to transmit regu larly nows to a newspaper. Crabb thus discriminates between correspond ent, answerable, and suitable: " Correspondent sup poses a greater agreement than answerable, and answerable requires a greater agreement than suit a- ble . Things that correspond must be alike in size, shape, color, and every minute particular: those that answer must be fitted for the same purpose; those that suit must have nothing disproportionate or discordant. Actions are said not to cor- 1. To answer or be correspondent to; to agree, to respond with profe ions; the succe of an under IMG:content-1019.png:[blocks in formation] does not answer the expectation; particular measures do not suit the purpose of individuals." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.) *cor-rě-spond-ent-lý, adv . [Eng. correspond ent; -ly.] In a correspondent, answerable, or congruous manner; correspondingly. "He terms the episcopal power of excommunication, the apostolical rod; and correspondently he calls Damasus, a bishop, his shepherd; and himself, a presbyter, his sheep."- Bp . Morton: Episc . A erted , p. 28. corrigible *cor-rě-spond-er, s. [Eng. correspond; -er.] One who corresponds; a correspondent. cor-re-spond'-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [CORRE SPOND.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The actor state of being correspondent or in accord; answerable, correspondent. 2. The act of holding intercourse or communicating by means of letters sent and received; correspondence. "After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he (Atterbury) began to correspond directly with the Pretender." -Macaulay. (1) A corresponding member of a society: One residing at a distance, who corresponds with the society on special subjects, but does not take any part in its management. (2) Corresponding Society of London: Eng. Hist .: A society formed in London, England, in 1791, to reform the representation of the people and spread liberal opinions, then very distasteful to the government of the day, owing the exce es perpetrated in the name of liberty by the French revolutionists. In October, 1794, some of its members were tried, the celebrated Horne Tooke among others; but they were acquitted. In 1795 and 1796 its meetings were declared treasonable, and in 1798 one of its members was executed as a traitor, which he protested he was not. cor-re-spond-Ing-ly, adv. [Eng. corresponding; -ly.] In a corresponding manner; conformably, answerably, agreeably. the lines correspondingly lettered in figure."Ca ell's Tech. Ed., pt. vi., p. 349. cor-rě-spons-Ive, a. [Pref.co= con, and Eng. responsive (q. v.).] Corresponding; answerable, conformable. "And Ante no rides, with ma y staples And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts, Sperr up the sons of Troy." Shakesp: Troil. & Cre ., Prol. cor-re-spons'-Ive-ly, adv . [Eng. corresponsive; -ly.] In a corresponding, answerable, or conform a ble manner. cor-ri, s. [CORREI.] A hollow rece in a mount ain, open only on one side. "The graves of the slain are still to be seen in that little corri, or bottom, on the opposite side of the burn." -Scott: Waverley , ch. xvi.